In the Telling

Brian is a Producer with Silver Peak Productions, the President of Candlelight Media Group, and a director with Sun World Pictures.  We talk about the business side of filmmaking, from development, to unit production managers, to post-production.  Learn how a full-time filmmaker with a business mind cycles through various stages of developing, producing and selling Independent feature films.

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Episode extra, Brian’s favorite tools to use on set

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Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books talks about running a counterculture bookshop and why, decades after opening, its future is uncertain. 

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Episode extra: Ken Sanders recommends his favorite local writers, poets and musicians.  

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Guest Brittany Wiscombe of Candlelight Media Group talks about screenwriting for a global market as a full-time career in independent filmmaking. Brittany’s filmography has 19 producer credits and 23 writer credits and is ever increasing. She understands what it takes to make screenwriting a profession.

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Guest Karl Beckstrand of Premio Books talks about being published, self publishing, running a publishing business, literary agents, editors, distributors, print on demand, working with illustrators, beta readers, bilingual books, international publishing and selling through Amazon.  A thorough look for anyone interested in getting a children's book published. 

In the Telling is excited to be back with its second season with plans to release two radio play mini-series and to host a Live Show for its One Year Anniversary.  You can find out more about “In the Telling” at lizzylizzyliz.com

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In the Telling is hosted and produced by me, Liz Christensen

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Guest Jesse Parent talks about Slam Poetry and shares some performances for this final episode of “In the Telling’s” first season.  We’ll back in 2020 with some really exciting surprises. 

You can catch up on our back catalog and find out more about “In the Telling” at lizzylizzyliz.com
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“In the Telling” will be back with its second season in 2020.  

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Insights from the Hale Centre Theatre director who has brought A Christmas Carol to the stage 16 years running, John Sweeney.  John talks about working with adaptable material, refining a show over time, source material for classics, having a vision but not really being a "concept" guy, an appetite for new theatrical works, and how he collaborates with a production team and a cast to meet and exceed audience expectations.

You can find out more about “In the Telling” at lizzylizzyliz.com

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Robert Andrus of Jeff Johnson Casting
Robert teaches at SRS Performing Arts
Robert Milo Andrus as an actor on IMDB and represented by Broadway Film & Talent Management

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Interview guest is the President, Artistic Director and Associate Producer of Desert Star Theatre Scott Holman.

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You can find out more about “In the Telling” at lizzylizzyliz.com 

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Starting with "A Midnight Poe-etic" by Christine Haggerty and read by Jillian Joy, a hellishly delicious poem about a dark Queen. 

Fans of the Billy Blacksmith series will particularly enjoy "Aesop's First Halloween: A Blacksmith Legacy Story" by Ben Ireland, read by Liz Christensen.   (4:22)

"The Ghost of Clipper Bullion Mine" by Loren Mitchell Lambert, read by Richard Wilson, is a classic western ghost story for over a campfire.  (31:44)

"The Full Moon Festival" by Briana Bedore, read by Liam Neary, is a lovely fall-themed, sci-fi romance.  (44:50)

"The Burgle" by Candace J. Thomas, read by Kerstin Hallows, provides an frighteningly imaginative answer to what is under your child's bed. (1:10:14)

"The Creature" by Luke Haueter, read by Liz Christensen, will keep you worried about what watches you from over your bed.  (1:21:29)

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Guest filmmaker T.C. Christensen

If you would like more information on the Utah film industry or local independent filmmakers, check out the Utah Film Commission at film.utah.gov or the Utah Film Center at www.utahfilmcenter.org

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